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186 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES pumping engines, air compressors, fans, blowers, machinery for transmitting power, locomotives, pile drivers. Winter and spring terms, full study. Professor BRBCKENRIDGE. Required: Math. 7, 8, 9; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 8 ; Mechanical Engineering 5, 6, 7, 11. 9. MACHINE DESIGN.—This work follows the design of a high-speed steam engine, and comes under two heads. Advanced Design: Under this head the work begins with simple machines and extends to more difficult designs as the student progresses. The design of attachments to existing machines, or the complete design of some machine that can be built in the shops, is often a part of this work. Such designs as hoists, pumps, drills, lathes, shapers, water motors, etc., are undertaken, and the student gains the same information that he would in commercial offices for this kind of work. Original Design: In this work the student's previous training in designing is combined with his inventive ability, and often valuable and ingenious work is done. The machines are to be designed for accomplishing a certain prescribed work. Often but a single piece is handed the student, and a machine is required to produce a given number of these pieces per hour. A large amount of study of existing machines is required. The student is taught to consult the standard works on designing, such as Univin, Reuleaux, Klein, Marks, Richards, and to use such pocket books as Kent, Nystrom, Hasivell, Taschenbuch der Hutte, etc. Winter and spring terms, full study. Assistant Professor VANDERVOORT and Professor BKECKENRIDGE. Required: Math. 7, 8, 9; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 3; Mechanical Engineering 1 to 8, and 11. 10. ESTIMATES.—Calculations and estimates are made as to the cost of machinery, power, plants, boilers, chimneys, systems of piping, engines and their foundations, different methods of power transmission. Also forms of contracts and specifications are studied. Spring term,- full study. Assistant Professor VANDERVOORT. Required: Math. 7, 8, 9: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 3; Mechanical Engineering 1 to 6, 9, 11, 12. 11. VALVE GEARS AND STEAM-ENGINE DESIGN.—Under this head the steam engine is carefully studied in all its details. A series of plates is drawn showing for the minimum, average, and
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